IDC: Windows Phone Is Going To Be Big In 2016, We Swear (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT)
IDC has a new report predicting Windows Phone makes big smartphone market share gains.In 2016.According to the report, Windows will be at 11.4 percent of the market in four years. Apple, meanwhile,...
View ArticleHere's A Must-Have iPhone App For Keeping Your Contacts Up To Date
Everyone uses an address book, and with the prevalence of smartphones we always have one with us, right in our pocket.But there is basically nothing different from a smartphone address book and a...
View ArticleHere's Who Bravo Has Been Asking To Audition For Randi Zuckerberg's NYC...
A few weeks ago, we wrote a post about who Randi Zuckerberg should try and cast for a potential spinoff of her Bravo show, "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley."Startups: Silicon Valley follows around...
View ArticleA Really Embarrassing Chart For Android Fans (GOOG)
Android is the most popular mobile operating system on the planet. It powers more mobile devices than any others.But most Android devices (more than 50%) in use today are running a two-year-old version...
View ArticleCONFIRMED: EMC's Paul Maritz Is Leading A New Spinoff (EMC, VMW)
EMCconfirmed today what most Valley insiders had been whispering about for months: Former VMware CEO Paul Maritz will be running a massive new spinoff business.It wants him to repeat the big success he...
View ArticleNetflix Stock Soars After It Announces A Big Deal With Disney (NFLX, DIS)
Netflix's stock jumped almost 10% after it announced a new deal with Disney.Starting in 2016, Netflix will be streaming Disney movies in the "pay TV window." That is industry-speak for the time after a...
View ArticleHere's Your First Look At Gmail's Overhauled App On iPhones And iPads (GOOG)
When Google first released its Gmail app on iPhones and iPads, it was fraught with problems.Google pushed out a quick fix, but the app was still missing key features like a unified inbox for multiple...
View ArticleNew Startup Soma Water Defines One Of The Biggest Trends In Silicon Valley
There's a slow phase shift in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs are focusing on physical products more than ever before."There's a deep hunger to create products you can actually hold in your hands," says...
View ArticleThe Guy Who's Suing Yahoo For $2.7 Billion Is Going After It On Twitter (YHOO)
Carlos Bazan-Canabal has come out as the guy who sued Yahoo over a failed telephone-directory project in Mexico—and won a preliminary judgment in the case for $2.7 billion.That's "billion" with a...
View ArticleCollege Humor Just Destroyed Instagram In 3 Minutes (FB)
Tired of Instagram? So are the folks at College Humor, who just put out a Nickelback parody song that totally bashes the photo sharing service.CollegeHumor's Favorite Funny VideosPlease follow SAI:...
View ArticleBII REPORT: How Mobile Is Waging Battle For The Multi-Screen Living Room
For over a decade, big tech companies, including IBM, Apple, and Microsoft, have been promising to take over the living room.But home entertainment has proved a hard business to crack, and consumers...
View ArticleHow To Turn Your iPhone Into A Colorful Fashion Statement (AAPL)
Anostyle is a company that will give your iPhone or iPad Mini a splash of color.We first found out about it via BGR, a gadget news site.This isn't just paint. The company uses a process called...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: The Best (And Worst) Of Mobile Connectivity
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.The Best And...
View ArticleCould E-Commerce Sites Like Gilt Groupe Have Flourished 10 Years Ago?
Following the success of Amazon, e-commerce sites have popped up like crazy all across the Internet but most of these sites may have never seen the light of day just ten years ago."In 2001, you were...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: iPad Adoption Is Growing Like Crazy (AAPL)
In Mary Meeker's latest State of the Web presentation, she shows this chart demonstrating how quickly people are adopting iPads. In fact, iPad adoption is growing faster than the iPhone did during the...
View ArticlePANDORA SHARES COLLAPSE AFTER HOURS (P)
Pandora shares are down 20 percent in after-hours trading following disappointing guidance in their fiscal Q3 financial results.For Q4, management expects revenue of $120 million to $123 million, which...
View ArticleYou Have To See These Amazing iPad Magic Tricks (AAPL)
Watch these impressive iPad-based magic tricks, which we found via The Next Web.It seems like the clip originally aired on a German TV show, but it's not what this guy is saying that's amazing–it's...
View ArticleThe Only Apple Products Worth Buying This Year (AAPL)
The holiday season is here. Fresh off a few months of huge product launches Apple is ready to stuff your stockings.However, there are a lot of variations for each gadget. Storage. Memory. Screen size....
View ArticleTim Armstrong Personally Auditioned Dancers For AOL's New Ads (AOL)
There's an incredible tidbit about Tim Armstrong hidden in a Wall Street Journal article about how AOL just parted ways with Jolie Hunt, its fourth major AOL marketing exec to leave this year —...
View ArticleAOL Co-Founder Steve Case's Entrepreneurship-Friendly Plan To Save The Economy
If we raise taxes on rich investors, would that hinder innovation and job creation in the startup industry?AOL co-founder and former CEO Steve Case talked about what it would take to spur investment,...
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